CAN JEREMY RENNER FILL STEVE MCQUEEN’S SHOES?

We confess that we’re torn by the idea of Jeremy Renner starring in the biography of Steve McQueen. Jeremy is so devoted to the project that he’s also producing and set up his own production company to do so. “Bad boy” McQueen was a bigger-than-life movie star in the caliber of Paul Newman, with equally mesmerizing blue eyes. He was known as the “king of cool” and loved fast cars and motorcycles. He starred in “Love With the Proper Stranger,” “Bullitt,”“The Great Escape” etc. Steve died in 1980 from incurable cancer in Mexico at the hands of a last-resort quack doctor. The problem is, we’ve always thought of Jeremy Renner as more of a character actor than a romantic leading man. Does he have the looks and charisma to portray McQueen? It remains to be seen.

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There’s a very slight resemblance, but it’s not enough. There are some people who simply cannot be portrayed. I suspect Steve McQueen is one of them.

On another topic, thank you Janet for being a Royal Wedding free zone.

By BuOn May 1, 2011 at

No….No way…McQueen was gorgeous and Renner is a bit on the ugly side. It was McQueen looks that got him his star status…it was his cool that keep him there! The person that plays him has to be breathtakingly handsome.

Please pardon me, but Jeremy will Never be able to “getaway” with trying to be Steve in a motion picture!!

By Muffin top!!On May 1, 2011 at

YES YES YES!!

Renner is great actor with great talent. The younger movie goers are not so familiar with Steve McQueen, and therefore, the resemblance, or lack of it, won’t be a problem. Can’t wait to see it.

By HilaryOn May 1, 2011 at

the fact that renner is so passionate about this project tells me he’ll be able to pull it off. wonder if renner will show that mcqueen was not necessarily a nice guy (ali mcgraw backs this up)… a bit of back story: my late hubby grew up in nichols canyon, where mcqueen lived in the ’60s w/ his family, and mcqueen often rode his bike willy nilly through the hills — despite being a dad to two young kids, he was oblivious to safety issues in the neighborhood (lots of young families lived there back then — it was still affordable!). neighbors tried to talk to him about it, but he didn’t seem to care…

By HollywoodisfullofgaysOn May 1, 2011 at

It’s been said that McQueen was bi sexual. It’s also been rumored that, well, someone else likes the company of men. So, maybe this isn’t such a stretch at all!

By HollywoodisfullofgaysOn May 1, 2011 at

Hillary,

Hollyweird only makes fun of conservatives/republicans. It will not trash its icons such as McQueen unless it’s found out that he was a raving republican.

Steve Mcqueen was tough and strong and a wonderful actor and my mother really loved his style and grace of an actor and he is a really good looking man and has a strong but tender voice that is honest and for right and most of all a real classic and like-a-ble but it is hard to fill his shoes and I think that jeremy needs to talk to people that loved and cared about Steve Mcqueens family in order to give this roll real justice.

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